American Express Platinum Card Access To Lufthansa Lounges Extended To All LH-Group Flights

Lufthansa has made a vital change to the lounge access policy for American Express Platinum Card members who are seeking to utilize select Lufthansa lounges in Germany under the mutual agreement.

From now on, customers who have a same-day flight with the Lufthansa Group (Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Air Dolomiti, Edelweiss Air, Eurowings, Discover Airlines, Lufthansa, Lufthansa City Airlines, SWISS) are eligible to use the lounge.

Previously, the issue was that the official rule said only flights operated by Lufthansa, Austrian and SWISS were eligible to enter the lounge with the Platinum Card (Business or Personal) and other LH Group airlines would not be considered.

The cooperation between American Express and Lufthansa is going on for roughly seven years now and has been a really valuable tool for travelers who travel on Lufthansa tickets as other lounges are rather rare at German airports, at least in the departure zone.

Both companies have extended their partnership on a regular basis:

Previously, only lounges in Frankfurt and Munich participated in the system, but now Lufthansa has opened the countrywide network of Lufthansa Lounges at other airports as well.

In recent years, Lufthansa has started to push more and more of its routes to be operated by other airlines such as Eurowings and Discover, so the change was more than necessary.

At least now, passengers finally have access to the lounge, no matter what airline of the Lufthansa Group they travel on. Only ITA is not listed, so either that was an oversight or has to be added later.

Conclusion

American Express and Lufthansa have expanded the rulework for Lufthansa Lounge access in Germany when presenting a Personal Platinum or Business Platinum Card.

Now all flights of the Lufthansa Group are eligible for access which means that a boarding pass of Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Air Dolomiti, Edelweiss Air, Eurowings, Discover Airlines, Lufthansa, Lufthansa City Airlines and SWISS is sufficient.

Keep in mind that the access rules differ for Economy flights (access to the Business Class Lounge), Business Class flights (access to the Senator Lounge) and Centurion Card members even have access to the excellent Lufthansa First Class Lounges, however not to the First Class Terminal.